presidential
/pɹɛzɪˈdɛnʃ(ə)l/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to a president or presidency.
adj
(of prayers) addressed to God on behalf of the congregation by the presiding priest
adj
Alternative letter-case form of presidential.
Example Sentences
- "Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today."
- "I feel my age and supposed status mean I am permanently required to be in presidential mode. And I mean this in the old sense of “presidential”, meaning magnanimous, patient and generous, rather than in the modern sense of presidential, meaning being a corrupt, pussy-grabbing racist."
- "These prayers are addressed to God in the name of the entire holy people and all present, by the priest who presides over the assembly in the person of Christ. It is with good reason, therefore, that they are called the "presidential prayers.""
- "Seward was not trusted by Greeley, Phillips, Lovejoy, and the radicals of their complexion. They apprehended that after using the "American citizens of African descent," until he (Seward) should be safely seated in the Presidential chair, he would abandon the negro and "Tylerize" their Party; hence, they would not trust him"
- "With the annual Presidential dinner to the Cabinet as a curtain-raiser, there is a short intermission—just one day—before the Diplomatic Reception, when it seems as if the White House becomes a setting for a Graustarkian novel, so bejeweled, besashed, beturbaned, and betiaraed are the guests."
- "When somebody points up a piece of statesmanship (as opposed to politicianship) in either man's record, there is always the rejoinder: "He has been planning his Presidential climb for many years. This was part of the strategy.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English president Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English presidential From president + -ial.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more presidential (comparative)
most presidential (superlative)